Workbench Basics
About FME Workbench
Welcome to FME Workbench
Copyright and Trademark Notices
About FME
FME Terminology
Download the Transformer Quick-Reference Guide
Support and Resources
Understanding Schema
Creating Workspaces
Using the Workspace Dialog
About Dynamic Workspaces
About Templates
Copying Between Workspaces
Copying Workspaces to Mapping Files
Running and Debugging Workspaces
About Data Inspection
About Feature Inspection
Temporarily Disabling Connections
Running a Batch Translation
Working with Command Files
Stopping a Translation
Viewing the Log
Organizing Workspaces
Using Annotations
Using Bookmarks
Hiding Connections
About the FME Data Inspector
Data Inspector Interface
Types of Datasets
Selecting a Dataset to View
Querying Features
User Interface Reference
Starting FME Workbench
FME Options
Menus, Tools and Options
Menu Commands and Shortcuts
FME 2017 Workbench Keyboard Shortcuts
Workbench Canvas
Workspace Navigator
Overview Window
Parameter Editor
History Window
Searching in Workspaces
Setting the Feature Count Display
Viewing Rejected Features
Window Management
Reading and Writing Data
Terminology
Dataset Types
Adding Readers
Quick Add
Merging Similar Datasets
Adding a Reader as a Resource
Adding Writers
Quick Add
Readers and Writers: Zip Files and URLs
Reading from a Zip File
Writing to a Zip File
Reading from a URL
Defining Destination Data Characteristics
Deriving Destination Schema from Schema Feature
Updating Readers and Writers
Performing Other Tasks with Readers and Writers
Feature Types and Attributes
Mapping Attributes from Reader to Writer
Managing Feature Types
Updating Feature Types
Feature Type and Attribute Menu Reference
Editing Reader Feature Types
Editing Writer Feature Types
Modifying Feature Types to Read
Merging Feature Types
Managing Feature Type Connections
Controlling Features with Format Attributes
Managing Attribute Connections
Adding and Copying Attributes
Editing Geodatabase Domains and Subtypes
Separating Output Data with Fanout
Setting Dataset Fanout
Setting Feature Type Fanout
Custom Formats
Creating a Custom Format
Using a Custom Format in a Workspace
Maintaining Custom Formats
Installing a Custom Format
Sharing a Custom Format
Transforming Data
Understanding Content Transformation
Adding, Connecting and Removing Transformers
Quick Add
Quick Connect
Drag-and-Insert
Using Junctions
Auto Connect to Destination Feature Types
Smart Delete
Temporarily Disabling Transformers
Property Menus (Transformers)
Working with Transformer Parameters
Transformer Parameter Menu Options
FME Parameters
FME Server Parameters
Arithmetic Editor
Text Editor
Regular Expression Editor
Transformer Parameter Defaults
Incomplete Transformers
Inserting Attributes to Transformer Outputs
Using a Series of Transformers
Controlling Transformer Flow at Runtime
Working with Transformer Versions
Locating Transformers
Download the Transformer Reference Guide
Custom Transformers
Creating Custom Transformers
Using Custom Transformers
Custom Transformer Parameters
Duplicating Custom Transformers
Working with Multiple Copies of Custom Transformers
Looping Custom Transformers
Exporting Custom Transformers
Embedding or Linking a Custom Transformer
Sharing Custom Transformers
Working with Multiple Versions of Custom Transformers
Installing Custom Transformers
Removing Custom Transformers
Other Workbench Tasks
Working with User Parameters
Creating and Modifying User Parameters
Creating a User Parameter Based on a Workspace Parameter
Sharing Values Between Parameters
Running a Workspace with Published Parameters
About List Attributes
Understanding List Attributes
How List Attributes Are Created
Exposing List Attributes
Operating on List Attributes
Understanding FME Geometry
Geometry Concepts
FME Geometry Model
Working with Coordinate Systems
Key Concepts in Coordinate Systems and Mapping
How FME Identifies Coordinate Systems
Choosing from the Coordinate System Gallery
Reprojecting Data
Reverting to Original Coordinate Systems
Search Envelopes and Coordinate Systems
Custom Coordinate Systems
Projection Types
Defining New Ellipsoids
Predefined Units
Defining Custom Units
Quadrants
Working with FME Server
Publishing to FME Server
User and Role-based Transformations
Sharing Custom Formats, Transformers, Coordinate Systems
Republishing to FME Server
Publishing Templates to FME Server
Importing Custom Python Modules to FME Server
Downloading from FME Server
Viewing Connection Information
Working with Databases and Web Services
Using Database Connections
Using Web Connections
How FME Logs Database Information
Connecting to External Databases
Database Connection Issues
FME Administration Tasks
Extending Applications with the Integration Console
FME Files: Names and Locations
Daylight Savings Time
Adjusting Memory Resources
License Borrowing
All Files
Custom Formats
Creating a Custom Format
Using a Custom Format in a Workspace
Maintaining Custom Formats
Installing a Custom Format
Sharing a Custom Format
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Installing a Custom Format
Double-click on any .fds file and Workbench will automatically install the format.